Christmas Cookies and Friends

I had my friends, Jade and Emily and their kids over for pizza and to make cookies!! We all had a blast.... A total of eight kids, three moms and lots lots of laughs and a whole ton of flour, lol !! We hope to make this an annual event! All the kids, Reagan, Aidan, Connor, Claire B., Christian, Izzy, Claire M. and Ethan (minus Taylor) had sooo much fun playing, cutting cookies out, and decorating all the cookies. Jade, Emily and I had a chance to catch up and enjoy each others company and watch all of our kids become friends. I am soo thankful for my kids, my friends and their kids!!! MeRrY ChRiStMaS!!!!



The whole clan of Mann, Hutcherson and Blocher kiddos: Reagan, Aidan, Claire, Izzy, Connor, Christian, Ethan and Baby Claire


Christian's attempt at cutting out sugar cookies...... LOL


Izzy and Claire's attempt at sugar cookies.... See where the "ton of flour" came into the picture?!?! LOL

Little Miss Claire Bear Mann....

Reagan and Aidan. love the crazy eyes, Reagan! lol

My nieces, Kimberly and Madeleine, stopped by...... Ethan and Connor fell in love!! Connor asked his mom if Bobo and Ma could come over for Christmas!! Love it:)

Izzy and Claire..... BFF's

Christian and Connor

Claire, Claire and Izzy

Happy Halloween!!!

Misc. kid time

Big Boy in his own world....



Claire loved be thrown up but was scared to death. She wouldn't let go of Todd's thumb. CraZY GIRL :)



LOVE this pic of Reagan coming in for a landing.... LOL

Gosh.... My baby has grown up in sooo many ways!!! It is amazing to watch her grow and learn at school and in life!! I just hope and pray I am a good teacher :)

We went to visit a family friend at IFD #30-Christian LOVED wearing this around. Such a boy!!!...

My baby girl... Claire is growing up; 4 going on 24!!!

Cousins Cousins Cousins

All of the cousins... from Texas to Indiana and ages 24-3 years. We all got together for Christian's 3rd Birthday at my house. What a GrEaT time it was to have all of them together!! They all LOVE each other sooo very much!! We are a very blessed family!!!!



l. to r. Claire Blocher 4, Alecia Murphy 24, Madeleine Strattman 15, Micheal Murphy III 19, Christian Blocher 3, Megan Murphy 22, Kimberly Strattman 17 and Reagan Blocher 6

First Day of School...

All three of my babies started school this year.....

Miss Reagan Leeanne on her first day of 1st grade!! She is learning soo much soo fast!! Some good and some NOT so good!!! LOL

Miss Claire Marie on her first day of 4 year old preschool. This is her last year of prek then she is off to kindergarten. (sniff! sniff!)

And my baby boy, Christian Lewis on his first day of preschool.... EVER!!! (another sniff! sniff!) He was so excited to go and talked about it ALL week!! But was sad when I left... Guess he still LOVES me the most!! Yea! Yea! lol

And there they go.... Off into the BIG WIDE WORLD!!!

Irvington Little League

Reagan is playing little league softball at Irvington this year.... She LOVES it and we can already see she has a natural gift for playing the GAME!!! I guess it runs in the blood.... she is following in Kimberly's footsteps:) Kimberly (Reagan's cousin) is a junior at Scecina Memeorial HS and plays Varsity Softball. Reagan LOVES going to the games and to get "tips" from the big girls. Good luck Reagan!!!!

My loves and my life.....

Reagan Leeanne, 6 1/2


Claire Marie, 4


Christian Lewis, 2 (will be three Aug.2nd)

There is no need for me to add captions for these 'lil ones... A picture says a thousand words!!!
GOD truely blessed me when he gave ME these three 'lil ones to love, nuture and guide in life.

The Murphy Cousins

Our far away cousins ( my nieces and nephew) that live in San Antonio, TX. Pretty good lookin' kids... even the dog, Bobo, is good lookin' and posing for the camera. lol



Megan 21, Alecia 24, Michael 19 and Bobo

Class of 2022

Miss Reagan Leeanne graduated from kindergarten on May 20, 2010. She is officially a FIRST grader!!!!


Pleasant Run kindergartners.... Class of 2022



Mommy and Reagan at her "Grad" party



Me and Reagan at her "Grad" party

Good luck Miss Reagan in all you do and at your new school.... Hawthorne Elementary!!!

May update :)

Ok, Ok, Ok.... I know I have been slacking on the pictures!!! I was finally blessed to find my cord to the camera during our move, YAY!!! I have a TON of pictures to upload and post. I do believe that Christmas pictures are still on there. YIKES!!! I promise to get some updated pic posted here in the next few days. So, please stay tuned...... for pics and kiddos updates!!!

Taking a tumble.....

Miss Claire took a tumble off Papa's tractor this past weekend. As you can see... she has a nice fat black/blue lip!! She was sticking her lip out to show the inside too! As the week moves on, her lip has turned black, blue and today is purple. She keeps asking me, "Is it gone yet, Mom??" and my response, "No, honey!" LOL

Happy New Year and 2009 Recap

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! We can't believe another year has come and gone... Where does the time go?? I haven't been posting pictures on the blog because I'm having a few issues uploading the pics to the computer. Todd is working on it and hopefully I'll be back in business soon! A little recap of 2009.... I am still staying at home with the kids and babysitting. I LOVE being with the kids even when they drive me NUTS, lol!!! Todd got a job the first of May installing doors for an independent contractor that works for Lowes. He LOVES his new job! We were so glad he found this job... seven months of not being employed is a VERY long time. Brandon is 14 and in 8th grade. He comes to our house every weekend and LOVES his little sisters and brother. Reagan started kindergarten and has learned soooo much! She loves school and riding the big yellow bus! She also goes to Sunday school every week at Holy Spirit to get her "religious" education. Claire is in preschool two days a week and talking a mile a minute! She is very independent and still our lil mother hen:) And Christian is ALL boy!!! Still "in" love with his momma and talking alot. He gets very serious when he talks and it is hilarious! He LOVES LOVES LOVES tools, trucks, tractors and his stuffed animal,l Mr.Pig. Our, Libby girl,l is our spoiled baby, ha! She ran away this past year and found her way home. Thanks to the stranger who went looking for her owners!!! She now has a chip in her neck and an electric fence to help keep her in the yard. That is our 2009 recap!!!